Shingling-gage



NITE STATES VATENE EErcEo MOGUIRE SLANE, 0FV LA CINTA, TERRITORY OF NEV MEXICO.

sHiNeLlNe-GAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 383,597, datedMay 29I 1.888. Application filed December 29, 1887. Serial No. 259,307. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MOGUIRE SLANE, of La Cinta, in the county ofSan Miguel and Territory ot' New Mexico, have invented a new and Improved ShinglingGage, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming a part thereof", in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved shinglingegage, showing it in the position of use. Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on line ma; in Fig. 1. Fig. Sis a longitudinal section taken on line y y in Fig. 1, and Fig. at is a detail view of one Ot' the retainingvpoints,

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the views.

The Object of myinveution is tO construct a gage for the use of sl'iinglerswhich will enable them to lay a. large number of shingles without shifting their position on the roof.

My invention consists in a gage provided with pointed retaining pins which maybe inserted in or withdrawn from the shingles by a blow of a hammer.

The body7 A of thegage is formed oi'au angled bar, a, having arms b, provided with series of equidistant apertures c.V To the arms b is secured a bar, B, by screws d, which pass through the apertures c of the arms b and screw into the bar I3. The arms b, near theirjuncture with the bar a, are provided with ears e, bctween which are pivoted the levers f. The inner ends of the levers f are forked to receive the pointed pins'g, which are Apivoted in the said levers and extend downward through holes iu the arms Z). The upper ends of the pins g are enlarged, to adapt them to receive a blow of a hammer, and the outer ends ofthe levers f are provided with raised surfaces h for receiving the blow of a hammer.

In use the bar B is placed against the butteuds of a row of shingles, and the bar a projects over the said row of shingles a distance i equal to the space between the lower ends of the shingles. The pins g are then driven in, and the butt-ends of the shingles of the new row are placed against the angled bar co and fastened by nails in the usual way. After laying as many shingles as can be laid with the gage in one position, the pinsg are withdrawn by striking the outer ends of theleversf. The gage A is then placed in a new position, and the shingling proceeds as before. The distance between the bars a and I3 may be adjusted by placing thesorews d in diiierent holes 0.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a shinglinggagathe combination,with the bar a, provided with arms 1)Of the bar B, arranged to abut against the row of shingles,

the levers f, adapted to receive the blows of a l hammer, and the pointed pins y, pivoted in` and projecting above the levers, substantially as described.

2. Inashingling-gage,thecombination ofthe body A, consisting of the angled bar a, provided with the apertured arms b, projecting at right angles therefrom, the levers f,pivoted in ears projecting from the said arms b, and the pins g, pivoted in the leversf and adapted to be driven into the shingles, substantially as described.

i MOGUIRE SLANE.

Vitnesses:

SIMON FRED. REUTHER, WALTER T. BOOTH. 

